Wringer-guard and feeding device.



w. PAwLAK. WRINGER GUARD AND FEEDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25| i915.-

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.'

d will be more particularly set forth inthe following specification,taken in connection.

i i y WILLIAIVIPAWLAK, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .essie-non rro JOHNCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Be it' known'that I, WILLIAM 'PAwLAm-'a citizen of the United States,residing at (1h1- specification. v i This invention relates to a guardand hopper adapted for use .withclothes wringers,

' and has for its object to. provide? improveverators.

ments 'in'safety attachments for wringers for preventing injury tothehands ofthe op- .ln the use of clothes Wringers, especially can bediscontinued.

My invention comprises -a guard or hopper adapted to be attached to aclotheslwrmger for guidingthe clothes tothe rollers thereof, thus.obviating' the necessity of, and the .danger occasioned by, theoperators placing their handsv near the'rrollers. I have lalso providedmeans. for 'positively feeding the clothes to therollers .in casetheyare not .automatically drawn4 between the lrollers upon being placed in'the hopper. Another object of the inventionls to pro 'I vide, incombination with thehopper, means tion of the the feeding for feedingclothes tothe rollers of the .35

A further object is to provide improved means forread'ily attaching thehopper and means tothe wringer at either sidethereof'.

. These' vangl-other objects of theyinven'tion with the accompanyingdrawings, in .which ll have-illustrated one form which theinvention-maytake.

In the drawings, Figure 11 shows an 4end elevation ofa. wringer with my-improvedf hopper and feeding means shown in section,

and showing by dotted lines the p osi'tion of' myimprovements at theother side "of fthe Lwringer.v Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevawringerwlth my improvements' attached thereto. Fig. 3 is aside elevation of oneof the bracket members, by means of which the' hopper is attached tothe-wringer;

l 4Specific-ation ofi-Letters Patent.

and Fig. l.tis a perspective view of 'a of themova'ble wall of thehopper.` Like reference numerals refer tolike part 4and elements in theseveral'. figres of the drawings.

The top cross member of the wringer, desv ignated by the numeral-10, issecuredfa't its portion ratemeancmaaiaia. 1 v Application lecl February25, 1915. Serial-Ito. 10,589. d.

ends in any suitable manner, as shown at 11,. f-

to the upperends of the side' frame members 12. The lower ends of theside membersare of a wash tub or washing machine, or. other suitablesupporti 'lhensua-l'clamp screw lt` is adapted to engage the portion ofthe sup'- port within .the opening 13 in eachside member of the wringervframe, thereby 'holding the wringer rigidly in.A position.

The usual oppositely rotating, rollers 15' recessed, asshown at'13, toengage the side i and 16, between which the clothes pass and by whichthe water is squeezed out ofthe clothes, are journaled at their endsinbearings locatedwithin vert-ical slots in the side 'members of. thesupporting frame'. A leaf spring 17 is located above the upper roller 15and bears at its ends on the bearings of said roller, whereby saidrolleris forced into Ayielding contact with' the lower roller' 1 6.

The pressure with which the upper roller contacts'wi'thl'the lowerroller is regulated by means ofthe adjusting screw 18, whichv threadedlyengages the top cross member at Vthe center thereof a'nd bears -`at itslower Vend on Athe upper surface of the spring 17. 'Beneath the rollers15 and 16 there is .located a.

board 19, which ispivote'd at its ends in the side frame, members, asshown at20, and is therefore capable vof-being inclined in. eitherdirection with respect y'to the'vertical plane ofthe wringer.` Below theboard 19, andy between the side frame-members, isa rod 21, which rigidlyengages said side framemembers-by any suitable means,vas shown at.22,and holds the lower ends of said members 1in fixed relation to each othe1`-. .l The lower side of the board 19 carries a leaf spring 23,

which. frictionally engagesthe rod 21, land thereby operates tohold saidboard at any V tendsthrough theside frame and is operatively connectedtol a source of power..` The shafts of the rollers 15, and 16 carryinter# meshing gear wheels within the side frames,

4desired inclination, in order to drain thev roe 1 My inventioncomprises a combined guard and feedinghopper, designated generally bythe numeral 25, having' endwalls 26? and 27,

and-upper and lower walls' 28 and' 29, re-

spectively, formed preferably of sheet metal. rlhe upper Wall 28 and theend walls 26 and 27 are rigidly connected by soldering -or othersuitable connecting means, and the uppermost extremities of the endwalls 26 vand 27, .opposite the wall 29, are supported andA connected by.a transverse member 30,'whose .upper edge is rolled, as shown at 31.The

lower wall 29 ofnthe hopper is provided with a rolled lower edge 32,land the ends of v this rolled'portion. are pivotally connected at 32a tothe lowermost portions of 'the end walls 26 and 27 so that the lowerwall 29 mayswing upwardly above said pivotal conection away vfrom thetransverse member 30. The-lowerwall is provided, adjacent the upper sidethereof', with an outwardly bent portion 33,*the outer edge of which isrolled, asshown" at 34, and to. one end of said roll portion isrigidlyconnected a vertically extending handle 35.

Tofpermit ready attachment of my hopper fto a wringer, I havel providedYdetachable brackets 40', each of which has formed thereinv a rectangularslot 41, adapted to engage the cross member -10 of the wringer at the.desired locations, and the walls of these slotsare threadedly engagedby studs or capi screws 42, which may be adjusted inwardly to engag' themember 10, and thus hold the bracket 'in position.y Each bracket isprovided-with a lange 43 extending fromv one side thereof transverselyto said member 10, which flange 1s provided with anv apertureA 44. O11the side thereofopposite the flange 43,each bracket is provided with an-alining flange 45, which has formed thereon -an upwardly turned hook46. v -.The brackets .are mounted on the wringer, so that the hook 46 ofone bracket will .be on the same side .of

.p `themember 10 as-the aperture 44 of the' other bracket, as shown inFig. 2, `and one :of the apertures 44 and the 'corresponding hook 46 areadapted-to lbe engaged by the studs 47 which project longitudinally fromthe upper /rolled portion 48 of the upper lwall 28 of the hopper. 1twill be apparent that one of the studs 47 vmay be readily passed intothe aperture 44, after which the .other stud/47 may be lbroughtinto'engagement with the hook 46.'. The hopper will then be pivotallymounted on ythe wringer, but in Aorder to prevent it fromv swinging awayfrom the wringer, 'I prefer to employ a leaf spring 50, which is rivetedto the outer side of the upper hopper wall v28, and which extendsupwardly. into engagement with the middle portion. of the cross framemember 10.

The end walls 26 and 27 have secured thereto projecting lugs 5l, whichengage adjacent .portions of the wringer structure at the ends of therollers and prevent contact of the hopper with the rollerswhile''permittingr the desired close relation.- 1t willbe seen that thelugs '5l are so located, and other parts so constructed, that .the lowerwall 29 terminates adjacent the periphery of the lower roller, and forthis purpose the end walls are notched at 52.

It will be apparent from an inspection of the drawings that the endwalls 26 and 27 of thehopper are parallel and in substantially verticalplanes, while the upper and lower walls 28 and 29 converge downwardlytoward the rollers, so that clothes placed in said hopper will bedirected downwardly toward the rollers. If it be found, however, .i

4that the clothes placed in the hopper are not automatically draw-nbetween the oppositelyxrotating rollers of the wringer, the operator maygrasp the handle 35 andjmove the` lower pivoted wall 29 of the hopperupf wardly and inwardly toward the rollers about its pivotalconnections, and thereby force the clothes toward and between therollers. It will, therefore, be apparent that there is no necessity forthe operator placing hisv hands within the hopper, or in proximity tothe rollers, so that my improved device substantially overcomes the 4danger which has hitherto been present in the operation of wringers.

When it is desired to use the wringer in a reverse manner, the hoppermay be disengage'd from its position by moving one of the studs 47upwardly from the hookl 46, and disengaging the other stud 47 from theaperture 44, after which the hopper may be attached in the same mannerat theother side of the wringer, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Itwill be evident that my device may be readily attached to substantiallyany wringer.

My invention is capable of many modifications, and of various forms andarrangement of parts other than those illustrated and described, an'd'Itherefore do not wish to be limited in the scope of the invention,except asdenedby the appended claims.

I claim 1. The combination with a clothes wringer `comprising rollers,of a clothes-supporting member arranged to support theclothes andLitiges .1, 3. .The combination with af clothes wringer,

1 of'ja*y hopper, and means. acting positively to vnfeedclothes. fromsaidh opperl to Asaid.

" wringen" 4; The combination vri-th ya clothes: wringer 'comprisingrollers, of''a clotheshopper, and

i l means'. carried bysaid-4 hopper' andlmovable 10 toward 'said rollersfor` feeding clothes thereto.

l Wri'n'ger comprisi'ng'alguide -'member down-l jvvardly' inclinedAtoward therollers of said Wrmger and .movbl toward-the same forpositi'vely'feeding clothes thereto.

l 6.' A. wringer guard having .upperfand y lower .d'ov'vnvv-ardlyIconverging Walls, and

end walls, said' ov'ver Wall being mounted to svvingbetWeen-saidendwalls.` 7'.. A `device'gfor-l` feeding clothes -to @al Wringercomprising -a' plate pivotally mounted belowI the line of-contactof therollers offsaid wringen and.y inclined. upwardly and outwardlytherefrom; y

. 8.' The combination I ith a clothes wrin'ger,

of ahopper, a bracket detachably 'secured to i, said Wrin'ger, landmeans' carried by' said hopper forl engaging said ybracket at eitherside 'of the wringer.

9. The combination vvith a clothes Wringer comprising rollers, sideframe members, and

a cross member, of a clothes feeding device,-

and a bracket attached to said cross member 'and engaging saidclothesfeeding device.A i ,1

l0. The combinationA 'With va clothes wringer comprising rollers, of aclothesf wringen v v v 12. The combination with a 1clothes'j".'

d 'evic'ei 'for-,'feeding v clothes to a' v ,wringen feeding device, abracket detachably secured' tfo saidwringer, and means carried byV said`devlce" for vengaglngv said clothes-'feeding bracket.

for pivotally attaching" said device to-said -Wringer, and means forpreventing'said deswlngi'ng y away from said v1ce from Wringer, of aclothes feeding device, mea-ns for pivotally attaching said device tosaid -13, a device of ithe 'class described,a pair of supporting memberscarriedby 'a clothes Wringer and projecting outwardlyV from each. sidethereof, said supportlngmembers each having a notch thereln at one Yside of saidwringer, and an aperture 'therethrough at the other side ofsaid` Wringerj, the notch ofone-member being disposed op- -5A0vzvvvringer, and a clipattached tosaidy device" and engaging said Wringerfor preventing said device from swinging away from said positely to theaperture of the other ,mem-

ber, a clothes-feeding device, and means carl' r'ied by saidclothes-feeding device for en gaging a notch and an aperture in saidmembers at either side of sald Wringer.

. 'ln-testimonywhereof I havesubscribed my name. l

I WILLIAM PAWLAK. Witnesses GEOVF. GUBBINS,

Nnrrm EISENSTEIN.

